<p>I’m currently looking at two schools for undergrad engineering. Colorado state university and colorado school of mines are my top two and mines has the better engineering program. I think csu would be a more enjoyble experience but would going to mines set me up with a better career? Is it true a decent engineer graduating from mines is better off than a good engineer at colotado state?</p>
<p>No, a better school does not equate to a better career, especially in the long run.</p>
<p>A better school equates to a better chance at finding that ridiculously awesome first job. However, in the long term, it doesn’t equate to a better career.</p>
<p>Yes, certain alums are exclusive. Look at TAMU.</p>
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<p>That claim is very overblown. Any alum of any school who recruits exclusively from their own school is doing everyone around them a disservice. TAMU grads seem to look out for other TAMU grads, but I have never heard of anyone being 100% exclusive.</p>
<p>I did not mean 100%. Sorry if it came off that way. What school you went to can certainly help bolster your career, but it will not make up for incompetence.</p>
<p>I graduated CSU with an engineering degree. Both are good programs, but I’d give the edge to CSM based on quality of degree and name recognition, if that is important to you. From what I’ve heard from colleagues that attended CSM, the culture is what you would expect from a technical institute. For some folks it’s a great fit. For others, like my Stanford colleague, it was oppressive. He left after a semester.</p>
<p>CSU has the edge on fun factor, but in my experience, by first semester sophomore year, the fun-o-meter pegged low for those that survived the first year and were still serious about engineering.</p>
<p>Over the last 25 years, I’ve worked with, for and hired engineering graduates from Stanford, Berkeley, CSU, CSM, NC State, RIT, RPI, Harvey Mudd, Carnegie Mellon, Ga tech, MIT, Cal Tech, UMich, Cornell, etc. Bottom line, the top graduates from these schools are equivalent after 6-12 months on the job.</p>
<p>I’m new to the forum and glad I found it. I have a daughter who is a Junior wanting to major in Engineering. 3 years ago, I had a co-worker whose daughter was applying to engineering school and they heard that you don’t want to major in EE at CSM. Where does this stuff come from? I’m trying to assemble a database to draw upon for next year but can’t figure out how people seem to know which engineering schools are good and which are not.
BTW, I graduated with an engineering degree and used to work for Hughes Space (eons ago) alongside people from Standford, MIT, CalTech, Cal. St. Long Beach, USC, Rutgers, Princeton, RPI, etc. Most of us were pretty indistinguishable in our job performance, I would say.</p>
<p>Check out the schools’ career centers-find out who recruits on campus.</p>
<p>Internships/work experience goes a long way when searching for that full-time position!</p>
<p>NO. The education and school is what you make of it.</p>